Key: D
Introduction: D G D G
D G
You see all the flowers in the weeds
D G
You're scared of the dark when you sleep
D G
You cover up your arms with your sleeves
D G
Even in hundred degree heat
D G
Your father was awfully mean
D G
Your favorite color is green
D G
It reminds you of the summer you turned three
D G
Runnin' through sprinklers on your street
G D A
And you laugh and you dance in the wind
G D A
And you sway and you hug and you kiss
G D A
But there's darkness behind those eyes
D G
Even when you smile
Bm D
Oh, summer child
Bm D
You don't have to act like all you feel is mild
Bm D
You don't really love the Sun, it drives you wild
Bm D
You're lyin', summer child
Em D A
Aren't you way too busy takin' carŠµ of everybody
B G
To take carŠµ of yourself?
Em D A
When the Sun goes missing, aren't the flowers just as pretty?
B D
Aren't the oceans just as deep?
A Am
The trees as green? And as for me
B G*
I'll watch you weep
Bm D
Oh, summer child
Bm D
You don't have to act like all you feel is mild
Bm D
You don't really love the Sun, it drives you wild
Bm D
You're lyin', summer child